TFS and Project Integration Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Recently there have been more and more requests on how to have TFS 2010 and Project 2010 together. Most of the requests have been around working with Agile and Scrum projects and templates. There are some ... TFS and Project Integration 0 0 0
Prairie Dev Con 2011–Call For Speakers! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 The Prairie Developer Conference is now accepting session submissions for our upcoming June 2011 event! We’re looking for compelling sessions featuring Microsoft, Java, Ruby, Agile, ALM, and pretty much ... Prairie Dev Con 2011–Call For Speakers! 0 0 0
Visual Studio & TFS 2010 – List of extensions and upgra... terje, January 1, 0001 This post is about VS 2010, go here for the VS/TFS 11 extensions. UPDATED Apr 9th 2012: VersionInfo, NuGet, Code Contracts UPDATED Oct 7th 2012: New Visual Studio GDR UPDATED Aug 31th 2012: New versions ... Visual Studio & TFS 2010 – List of extensions and upgra... 0 0 5
Scrum Product Owners Oath of Stewardship Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 There's an interesting discussion going on over on the Scrum Development list, dealing with technical stories verses user stories. The idea is that "Improve our continuous integration server" may not directly ... Scrum Product Owners Oath of Stewardship 0 0 0
Less workarounds for 2011 and £1.14 well spent Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Lately I have noticed a trend. An “issue” I have been working around for months (or sometimes years) can actually be solved really easily and often very cheaply – if I just pause for a few seconds to think ... Less workarounds for 2011 and £1.14 well spent 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 20, 2010 -- #995 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Kunal Chowdhury, John Papa, Jesse Liberty(-2-), Den Delimarsky, Paul Sheriff, Charles Petzold, Brad Tutterow(-2-), Alexander Viken. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Using ValueConverter to ... Silverlight Cream for November 20, 2010 -- #995 0 0 0
ALM Summit and Power To The People Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 So, I’ve been attending the ALM Summit Conference this week on Microsoft Campus in Redmond. It was feeling a bit like “Intro to Agile” Conference as we got the 100 Level Agile overview at the start of ... ALM Summit and Power To The People 0 0 1
Kanban, Writing Code is Like Building a Car Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 The first step in improving your environment and taking steps to become more agile is understanding what is going on in your pipeline. Many shops today have no concept of where all their various changes ... Kanban, Writing Code is Like Building a Car 0 0 3
Scatter Gather Design Decision Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I've been meaning to write a blog post for a while about how we implemented a scatter gather pattern at one of my clients. Ive recently been reading Richard and the gangs new book which discusses a very ... Scatter Gather Design Decision 0 0 3
Scrum Case Studies - A reference Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 The main point of this post is to create an easy (for me) to find list of scrum / agile case studies. And here it is: http://agilepainrelief.com/... There ... Scrum Case Studies - A reference 0 0 1
Review | Me and My MacBook Air Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 So we are at almost two weeks since I purchased the 11 inch MacBook Air and the question would be asked, would you buy it again now that you had one? The answer, absolutely. I am amazed at the speed. Engadget ... Review | Me and My MacBook Air 0 0 1
Scrum Coach seeking NJ Agile Users Group during the week of Novem... Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 I'm going to be in Middletown NJ during the second week of November and I'm interesting in finding any Agile Engineering, Scrum, XP, Lean, or dotNet users groups in the area that is meeting the evening ... Scrum Coach seeking NJ Agile Users Group during the week of Novem... 0 0 1
Hello World! Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 I came up with many different titles for this post but I think nothing can reflect the simplicity and the elegance of the two words “Hello World”. If you are following me on Twitter (@azamsharp) then you ... Hello World! 0 0 4
St. Louis ALT.NET Meetup - Wednesday, October 20 Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 The first-ever meeting of the St. Louis ALT.NET group will be held Wednesday night at 7PM at the offices of Professional Employment Group at 999 Executive Parkway (Suite 100) in Creve Coeur (South of Olive ... St. Louis ALT.NET Meetup - Wednesday, October 20 0 0 1
Why Server-Side JavaScript? Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 Chris Nicola left this excellent comment on Justin Etheredge’s blog: Even with a competitive way to do SSJS [(server-side JavaScript)] on the Windows platform, I just have to ask... why would anyone? Server-side ... Why Server-Side JavaScript? 0 0 8
Agile is not what you do, its what you are. Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 Agile is one of those super buzzwords that everyone knows. The problem starts when you ask people what it means. It seems that the more people I ask, the more answers I get. One of my standard interview ... Agile is not what you do, its what you are. 0 0 0
The Agile Approach to “Doing” Agile Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 Over the past few years, I have watched developers go to conferences and be filled with excitement over agile development. We love the thought of the rapid changes and better feedback. We get into the ... The Agile Approach to “Doing” Agile 0 0 5
Silverlight Cream for October 12, 2010 -- #966 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Martin Krüger, Viktor Larsson, Peter Brady, Colin Eberhardt, Jeremy Likness, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), and Jesse Liberty. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Quick Fix for Silverlight HyperlinkButton ... Silverlight Cream for October 12, 2010 -- #966 0 0 0
Florida Technical Communities (October 2010 Update) Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 It has been over a year since the last time I updated my list of Florida technical communities and a lot has changed since then. Joe Healy, our Florida Microsoft Developer Evangelist, maintains a list ... Florida Technical Communities (October 2010 Update) 0 0 0
BPOS Office Communications Online: Features and Benefits Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 In today’s world, agility and flexibility are two vital assets that every company must have in order to stay on course. Organizations that can adjust to market trends and rise to meet new challenges are ... BPOS Office Communications Online: Features and Benefits 0 0 0
Fortune 500 Scrum Coaching for the developer turned Scrum Master Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 The next Scrum Gathering is coming up and they are having 6 TED style talks. You can help make history by voting to have me present one of those talks I can hear you saying, "Well sure, Malcolm, what can ... Fortune 500 Scrum Coaching for the developer turned Scrum Master 0 0 0
My thoughts on Kindle 3 Malisa L. Ncube, January 1, 0001 I recently purchased the Kindle 3 and very excited to have this device that lets me read documents without tiring my eyes from the backlight. I can even let it read for me in a fairly natural way “when ... My thoughts on Kindle 3 0 0 1
It’s Scrum for me? Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 Scrum is an agile framework that deliver an iterative and incremental management approach for software development. In the same way than Extreme Programming (XP), Feature Driven Development (FDD), and ... It’s Scrum for me? 0 0 0
Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 17 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2622 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures… Objectives of Chapter 17 Explain the foundations for the adaptive development methodologies ... Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 17 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for September 07, 2010 -- #942 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Emiel Jongerius, PostVision, Mike Taulty, Jesse Liberty, Laurent Duveau, Phil Middlemiss, Xianzhong Zhu, pauliom, Sudhindra Kovalam(-2-), and Alexander Viken. Shoutouts: The Silverlight ... Silverlight Cream for September 07, 2010 -- #942 0 0 0
1 Week of being unemployed TehGrumpyCoder, January 1, 0001 I knew the daily updates would get old… if they weren’t getting tired for others, they got tired for me. But, today is a week… an odd week though… with a 3-day holiday in it. I’m hoping that’s why I haven’t ... 1 Week of being unemployed 0 0 0
Day 5 of being unemployed TehGrumpyCoder, January 1, 0001 Saturday means the lawn, so I’ll go wake the neighborhood up about 7 maybe. Meanwhile I’ll see what I can look at as far as training material for an hour and get a jump on the day. Lots of interruptions, ... Day 5 of being unemployed 0 0 0
TFS 2010 DeepDive i Stockholm i oktober Jakob Ehn, January 1, 0001 Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2010/09/03/tfs-2010-deepdive-i-stockholm-i-oktober/ TFS 2010 DeepDive i Stockholm i oktober 0 0 0
Powershell Web Testing Harness: a new approach(?) Theo Moore, January 1, 0001 I have blogged before about using Powershell as a web testing harness before, but recently I started doing something a little different that has made it even more useful and simple before: jQuery. Powershell ... Powershell Web Testing Harness: a new approach(?) 0 0 0
Executable specifications: pondering BDD tools and automation. James Fleming, January 1, 0001 I've been trying to push the client where I work into a more test driven approach, but when you're dealing with state agencies, if you want to get people nervous, just say the word "Change". They want ... Executable specifications: pondering BDD tools and automation. 0 0 0
Osiris becomes Inmeta terje, January 1, 0001 This summer Inmeta ASA, a leading Norwegian IT company, bought Osiris Data. It means we’re now more than 150 consultants, up from 30 as we were. It means a lot for us, as we now can take on larger projects, ... Osiris becomes Inmeta 0 0 0
Setting up for the Orlando Code Retreat onefloridacoder, January 1, 0001 This month I had the opportunity to help Corey Haines host a code retreat here in Orlando. We had a great turn out and everyone seemed to have a great time. I was thinking it might help someone else out ... Setting up for the Orlando Code Retreat 0 0 2
Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies – Chap 3 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2622 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures... Objectives of Chapter 3 Explain the elements of project management and the responsibilities ... Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies – Chap 3 0 0 2
Scrum, the ultimate "Command and Control" framework Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." George Smith Patton We talk a lot in the agile development circles about something evil and bad ... Scrum, the ultimate "Command and Control" framework 0 0 7
The MoSCoW Method Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 You can learn a lot in 140 characters (if you follow the right people). @skimedic(Phil Japikse), tweeting from the Cincinnati Day of Agile this morning, mentioned MOSCOW. I was unfamiliar with that mnemonic, ... The MoSCoW Method 0 0 0
Agile Games 2010 : Juega en Orlando, FL onefloridacoder, January 1, 0001 I was poking around all of the content that is tied to this year’s Agile conference, and also browsing and selecting the sessions I want to attend next week when I realized that many of the speakers and ... Agile Games 2010 : Juega en Orlando, FL 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for August 07, 2010 -- #920 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Viktor Larsson, Roger Peters, Kirupa Chinnathambi, Kyle McClellan, Jag Reehal, Dinesh Sodani, David Rousset, Jeff Fansler, Paul Sheriff, Jeremy Likness, Mohamed Mosallem, and Jonathan van ... Silverlight Cream for August 07, 2010 -- #920 0 0 0
Structured Systems Analysis & Design UNISA studies – Ch... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2621 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures... Objectives of Chapter 2 Explain the purpose and various phases of the traditional ... Structured Systems Analysis & Design UNISA studies – Ch... 0 0 0
Overview of Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Process Template jehan, January 1, 0001 Software Development Ken Schwaber Primer Guide Basics Scrum 12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table ... Overview of Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Process Template 0 0 1
The dangers of “No Impediments” Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... The dangers of “No Impediments” 0 0 1
Redesigning an Information System – Part 2 – Requirements dbradley, January 1, 0001 In my first post I started by discussing the motivations for re-designing a large information system from scratch. In this post we’re going to get a little more into the practical steps you can take to ... Redesigning an Information System – Part 2 – Requirements 0 0 0
SDEC10 in Winnipeg this October! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Last year my employer, Protegra, put on the first ever Software Development and Evolution Conference (SDEC) in Winnipeg. The event was such a huge success and the feedback we got was so positive that we’re ... SDEC10 in Winnipeg this October! 0 0 0
Have You Donated to DevsForWendy Yet? D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 From the www.devsforwendy.com: Wendy is a 30 year old software agilista from Long Island. She's a strong WPF developer and a firm believer in the agile method of development including pair programming ... Have You Donated to DevsForWendy Yet? 0 0 0
Teaching Principles, Patterns and Practices in .net Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 I recently got the opportunity to teach a 3 day course on the subject of "Principles, Patterns and Practices in .net". I must say it was a fun and enriching experience. I have never taught a course before, ... Teaching Principles, Patterns and Practices in .net 0 0 2
Thoughts on a Sinatra-like DSL for Server-Side Programming with C... Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 I read somewhere that Kent Beck likes to apply a strategy of taking a technique that works and exaggerating it, to see if the results are likewise exaggerated. He found that specifying the behaviour of ... Thoughts on a Sinatra-like DSL for Server-Side Programming with C... 0 0 0
Business Logic: Should it exist in the code or in the database? HighAltitudeCoder, January 1, 0001 Some time ago, I found myself in the difficult situation of trying to explain why business logic shouldn't be placed in the database, but instead in the code (preferably in a Business Logic layer or Object ... Business Logic: Should it exist in the code or in the database? 0 0 0
Norweigan Developers Conference Videos Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 Videos of presentations from NDC 2010 are now available at: http://streaming.ndc2010.no... It looks like there are about 48 available. I'm particularly looking forward to: Mads Torgersen: "C# Quo Vadis?" ... Norweigan Developers Conference Videos 0 0 0
Kansas City Developer's Conference Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: .NET,Kansas City I just found about about / registered for Saturday’s Kansas City Developer’s Conference, and am going to make the drive over from the right side of the state (Hey, no ... Kansas City Developer's Conference 0 0 1
Devs For Wendy Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 If you’re a developer in the New York City area, please check out Devs For Wendy, benefitting Wendy Friedlander and her family… Wendy is a 30 year old software agilista from Long Island. She's a strong ... Devs For Wendy 0 0 0
Visual WebGui's XAML based programming for web developers Webgui, January 1, 0001 While ASP.NET provides an event base approach it is completely dismissed when working with AJAX and the richness of the server is lost and replaced with JavaScript programming and couple with a very high ... Visual WebGui's XAML based programming for web developers 0 0 0